Vic Lidia Thorpe: Not the subject for every thread!

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[Goroyals22]

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Lots of qualifications there.

So where in her speech was anything racist mentioned? That’s what kicked it off so it shouldn’t be to hard to find if it existed anywhere outside of paymams mind.


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[Chief]

Perhaps less so I guess
But my point is she wouldn't have got into parliament without their badge.
Gralins point about treating individual v party is a fair argument.
I'm not sure if the AEC release statistics about what % of the population vote above the line in the Senate but I'd take a guess that it's the considerable majority. In other words people vote for the party and not tje individual

But they know which individuals will go in if their chosen party wins.

I don't think it is ideal, but the Greens should have stuck to their word. I think at that point it becomes the party itself which has failed to deliver on the deal and all Senators have the option to quit.

This might have cost her another term in the senate, so it's not like she is benefiting from following her values.

 

[faible]

Teeing off at Pauline Hanson and giving the finger to our parliament of children as she walked out is quite endearing.

 

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[Chief]

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It's got fashpox.

 

[Kram]

Teeing off at Pauline Hanson and giving the finger to our parliament of children as she walked out is quite endearing.

I usually cringe at her methods but I'll make an exception for giving it to Hanson the clown.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Teeing off at Pauline Hanson and giving the finger to our parliament of children as she walked out is quite endearing.

Probably the only one there I'd enjoy having a beer with the rest are mostly scum

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[Reg Grundy35]

She actually threw the paper at Hansen after ripping it up which is a breach of standards in any work place and 9/10 see the person sacked…

Will be interesting to see her speaking through gritted teeth now she has been served with a notice to make an apology by Hansons solicitor for spreading mistruths on national television.




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ffs. Hanson has made a career out of being a POS in and out of parliament and youre losing it because someone threw paper at her.

 

[Gralin]

Perhaps less so I guess
But my point is she wouldn't have got into parliament without their badge.
Gralins point about treating individual v party is a fair argument.
I'm not sure if the AEC release statistics about what % of the population vote above the line in the Senate but I'd take a guess that it's the considerable majority. In other words people vote for the party and not tje individual

you can look up the number and they are small because most people just vote above the line and go with the order the party sets

meaning their vote was a vote for her to begin with


i think you should not have party tickets in the senate, make people pick but the parties don't want that because they like to keep control

its still a weird thing to get angry about when most of the people in parliament were not voted for by most people to begin with

we don't have a representative system, preferential voting might mine the 4th or 5th choice on my list is my member, but given they vote on party lines not for the benefit of their local constituents I don't feel particularly represented anyway